Pediatricians say executive order spreads confusion about vaccines, which are safeDoctors from the American Academy of Pediatrics said the executive order spreads uncertainty and confusion. Republican senator blasts Trump executive order on vaccinesSen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican, is strongly rebuking Trump’s executive order on vaccines. Scientific consensus and decades of studies have firmly concluded there is no link between childhood vaccines and autism. While the latter organization recommends childhood vaccines for 18 diseases, Trump’s executive order limits that to prioritizing just 11. Trump overstates dangers of vaccinesIn announcing his executive order on vaccines, President Donald Trump said “bad things happen” when children get the combined MMR vaccine.